Chapter 270

Generally speaking, pottery is not very valuable in the antique market, and the collection also belongs to the minority category, because pottery making is much simpler than porcelain making.

For example, the firing temperature of pottery can be as low as 800 ℃ and as high as 1100 ℃. However, the firing temperature of porcelain is relatively high, most of which are above 1200 ℃ or even about 1400 ℃. Moreover, the materials and workmanship of most pottery are not as particular as porcelain.

These factors add up, so that even the pottery unearthed in the Neolithic age is generally not very popular, let alone the later pottery of the Qin and Han Dynasties.

But of course, everything can not be generalized. There are also high-quality pottery, such as the famous Tang Sancai, and the Yangshao painted pottery, Longshan black pottery and so on.

Majiayao culture is a local type of Yangshao culture developing westward.

After the decline of Yangshao culture in the Central Plains, the painted pottery of Majiayao culture continued to develop for hundreds of years, pushing the painted pottery culture to an unprecedented height.

Majiayao culture is represented by colorful pottery, which is rich in shape, rich in changes and colorful patterns. It is an unparalleled spectacle in the history of the development of the world's painted pottery. It can be said that it is the most splendid culture created by the ancient ancestors of mankind and the pinnacle of the development of the art of painted pottery.

The painted pottery pot held by Chu Chen is a typical style of Majiayao culture.

The pot has thin lips, open mouth, short neck, smooth shoulders, a pair of flat ring ears on both sides of the drum belly, and a small flat bottom. The pot body is decorated with the divine and human pattern depicted in black color, which is a typical decoration of Majiayao culture. The pattern is set off by orange red pottery, and the color contrast is more intense.

In addition, there are some white materials on the pot body, which should be a kind of natural crust formed by the colored pottery buried for more than a thousand years in the ground with serious alkaline and acidic chemicals.

This kind of skin will reappear even if it is repeatedly cleaned. Only when it is repeatedly scraped with a sharp tool and then cleaned with hydrochloric acid saliva, can the satisfactory removal effect be achieved.

Of course, as long as it is valuable antiques, there will always be counterfeiting. For example, those who forge such kind of shells will generally use diammonium, urea, chemical fertilizer or vinegar, which are strong alkali containing substances in pesticides, and then mix with water. After soaking for many days, similar cases will appear, but there is a pungent smell, while the real one is a smell of land, not choking.

In addition, if you choose a wet and shady area with strong alkalinity and bury the fake, the white powdery skin will appear after many days. However, the use of this forgery, because the time is short, so that the etching is shallow, a little cleaning can be removed.

Although he had learned from baojue that this painted pottery pot should be genuine, Chu Chen went up and smelled it. It turned out that it had a normal earthy smell, and a slight scratch with his fingernail was really the characteristic of the genuine one.

Then Chu Chen made a careful observation and confirmed that it should be a genuine product of Majiayao. According to the appearance of the product, it can be said that it is a rare product.

A piece of painted pottery that he took with him was actually a fine one, which made chuchen very happy and cleared away some haze in his heart. As a result, his desire to buy was raised.

However, after putting down the painted pottery, Chu Chen took a cursory look at the things on the stall, but he was speechless for a while. Most of these things were fakes, and some were just fakes.

Let's say that the other pieces of Majiayao's painted pottery here are smooth and hard, neat and regular in appearance. They are fakes at a glance.

It is necessary to know that Majiayao culture is still in the Neolithic age, the production tools are still very simple, and are limited by hand-made or slow wheel. The thickness of the pottery is uneven, the shape of the pottery is irregular, and there are crooked mouth, left and right abdomen bulge, concave deformation or overall extroversion.

At that time, no matter how exquisite it was, this phenomenon would not be so obvious. If you look carefully, you can still see it. How could it behave like this?

Chu Chen secretly shook his head and looked at the fake pieces of Majiayao painted pottery. Then he pointed to one of the fakes and asked the stall owner, "boss, how much is the painted pottery of Majiayao?"

With a simple and honest smile, the stall owner gave Chu Chen a thumbs up and said, "boss, your eyesight is very good. I got it from an old lady. It's not only very exquisite, but also an old thing from thousands of years ago. Think about it, how hard it is for thousands of people to keep it so well..."

Chu Chen saw that the stall owner had to go on talking, and said: "boss, I know what you said, please give me a happy talk! How much is it? "

The stall owner said with a smile: "I'm predestined with the boss. I'll give you a cheaper price. How about 5000 yuan? It's only a dollar a year. "

When Chu Chen heard this, he sneered in his heart. If it's true, five thousand is not expensive. But you can't fake it any more. I'm not a big wrongdoer. I'll spend five thousand to buy such a fake.

He pretended to frown and think about it, then shook his head and said, "it's too expensive. What about this one?" Then he pointed to a smaller earthenware pot on the edge."That, four thousand!"

Next, Chu Chen asked about some painted pottery wares. The stall owners were a little impatient, and then he pointed to the real one and asked, "what about this one?"

"Ah, I said, brother, do you want to buy it or not?" Asked the stall owner, frowning.

Chu Chen said, "buy it, but the price you offer is so expensive, I can't afford it."

When the stall owner heard him say this, he was a little embarrassed. It's not a buy it now price. Won't you pay it back? Come on, it's a novice, but only a novice can make money!

Thinking of this, he pretended to be unhappy and said: "this two thousand!"

Chu Chen pretended to be surprised and said, "ah! This kind of crooked melon crack jujube also wants 2000! Can you make it cheaper? "

"How much can you offer?"

Chu Chen thought about it and said weakly, "four hundred?"

"Four hundred!"

The stall owner yelled, pretended to be angry and said: "I said, brother, you are too cruel. I can't get four hundred, so I'll buy it now. One thousand and two. If you want it, don't forget it!"

The stall owner has been doing business for quite a long time. He knows that if he can deal with this kind of newcomer, he will definitely buy it.

Sure enough, he saw Chu Chen's expression and hesitated to think about it, so he agreed. This made him happy to spend money immediately. The goods of 200 yuan earned 1000 yuan in a second hand, and the cost of living in these two months was settled. Sure enough, the money from the antique business came quickly!

But he didn't know that Chu Chen's heart was also full of joy at this time. He bought something worth 50000 with 12000 yuan. How could he not be filled with joy?

After completing the transaction, Chu Chen looked at the guy who was almost 40 cm tall and worried. Although the thing was not heavy and it was not hard to hold, it was dirty on the surface and inconvenient to hold in the cup.

"Boss, is there anything I can install?"

After finishing the business, the stall owner was in a good mood. He glanced at the pottery pot, then stood up, took out two black plastic bags from the box under his buttocks, handed them to Chu Chen and said, "here you are. It should be OK to use this set of two layers."

After thanking Chu Chen, he asked with a simple smile, "boss, I just saw that there seem to be two pottery figurines in your box. Can you give me a look?"

The stall owner was stunned and then said with a smile: "brother, your eyes are very good. OK, I'll show you!" Then he took the two figurines out of the box and handed them to Chu Chen.

But Chu Chen didn't answer. Instead, he pointed to the ground with a smile, which made the stall owner react immediately. He put the pottery figurines on his stall and said with an embarrassed smile: "ha ha, I'm so sorry. I'm used to it!"

Chu Chen waved his hand and said with a smile, "it's OK! I've been scolded several times before I remember this rule. "

As a matter of fact, Chu Chen also knew that the level of this stall owner should not be very good after the trial of buying colored pottery just now. Now, judging from his performance, Chu Chen guessed that this person should not have been engaged in this business for too long. Of course, this is a good thing for Chu Chen. Otherwise, how could he have missed it?

Chu Chen bent down and took the two pottery figurines to his hands. After careful observation, he immediately confirmed his guess that the two pottery figurines were very precious blue glazed pottery figurines in the three colors of the Tang Dynasty.

Based on the combination of green glaze and yellow glazed pottery since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the three colors of Tang Dynasty were created and fired by introducing Persian blue glaze technology. Among them, the blue glaze is the most valuable, which is often called "three colors are precious blue".

The reason why the blue glazed three color glazed pottery of Tang Dynasty is called the best three color glazed pottery of Tang Dynasty is very special. It is said that in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the blue glaze was purchased from Persia with heavy gold or tea, silk, ancient pottery and porcelain by the foreign trade envoys sent by the Tang Dynasty government, or exchanged for the same value.

In the Tang Dynasty, when the hierarchy was very strict, the people who could enjoy the glaze as a three color ware were either nobility or high officials. Those who can enjoy the large-scale blue three color glazed pottery as Ming ware are either the relatives of the emperor or the prime minister.

We can imagine how precious the three color glazed pottery of Tang Dynasty is when blue glaze is used as the main color. Whether it is its historical value, artistic value, economic value and rarity, it can be said that it is the top.

At present, in reality, in the world, whether it is the collection of Tang Dynasty three color glazed pottery, or the private collection of Tang Dynasty three color glazed pottery, the blue glazed three color pottery is indeed rare. The large-scale blue glazed pottery of Tang Dynasty with three color glaze is even rarer, just like looking for a needle in a haystack.